The Association of Banks in Cambodia said that it has noted that a number of fraudulent websites have been misrepresented as legitimate banking or financial institutions, enticing people to use online lending services through their Facebook pages.
The association’s anti-fraud team says the scammers created a fake Facebook page using the name of a bank.
The scammer also impersonated a bank employee by copying a photo of the employee to contact the victim to provide a loan. The scammer instructed the victims to enter their phone numbers and passwords and persuaded the victims to send them money through KHQR.
The Association of Banks in Cambodia issued a notice on June 7 warning the public to be careful not to transfer money to pay for any services through KHQR scans or provide personal information to scammers.
The Association has made it clear that legal and official banking and financial institutions do not have a policy of asking their customers to provide bank passwords or any personal information.
